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Originally Posted by VashTS

Baf Wasp will come in five pieces. Must buy wolverine and his variant for both arms....

What Hasbro and Mattel are doing is very similar to the music industry. Charging more and giving less. Its a rough comparison but ten years ago the music industry did everything to alienate their buyers. Long story short, Hasbro is not done cost cutting and charging more for less.

do you mean by not letting you steal music off of the internet? And no, until the economy improves or a magic dragon starts shitting plastic for Hasbro they have to do what they have to do to achieve a bottom line that's business man, it sucks sometimes, but understand they're doing there best, no one goes into business to alienate offend or turn off there consumer, they are there to make money, the best way is to do your best, within your budget to make a product your fans want and to keep them coming back. but when times get tough cuts have to be made, look out your window! there are a lot of people struggling to stay afloat. a lot of companies are going under. there's not a lot of people with the disposable income to buy toys right now. I think it will get better eventually.

Also: I've come to the conclusion that the new plain black packaging is designed to emulate the boxes of tec toys, IPad for example comes in a flat white box with the logo in glossy finish. My guess is that they're trying to appeal to the minimalist "tec" look modern kids are use to.